Supporting closure cover for a container



Jan. 24, 1967 F. DAHI.

SUPPORTING CL'OSRE COVER FOR A CONTAINER Original Filed July 6,' 1964 r1.1..." A1 Mum-m 011111,11

INVEN TOR.

United States Patent() 3,300,075 SUPPORTRNG CLOSURE COVER FOR A CONTAINER Frank L. Dahl, 5248 W. 119th Place,

Inglewood, Calif. 90304 Continuation of application Ser. No. 380,493, July 6, 1964. This application Dec. 1, 1965, Ser. No. 510,871 7 Claims. (Cl. 21S- 100) This application is a continuation of my copending patent application, Serial No. 380,493, tiled July 6, 1964, and now abandoned.

Generally speaking, the present invention relates to a supporting closure cover for a container and, more particularly, pertains to such a container closure cover provided with supporting means formed out of, and integral with respect to, a top panel port-ion of said container closure cover, which is made of a thin sheet of deformable material; said supporting means comprising an upwardly convex loop of the thin sheet of deformable material extending upwardly from said top panel portion of the container closure cover substantially on the vertical center of gravity line thereof and of a container adapted to be carried by said closure cover and projecting upwardly into a laterally unobscu'red position cooperable for controllable supported engagement and disengagement with respect to an auxiliary laterally projecting support member of any of a variety of different types, such as a mounting pin, peg, rod, hook, or the like, adapted to be carried by a multi-apertured thin-sheet panel such as is commonly known in the art as pegboard, or such as a laterally projecting mounting pin, rod, hook, nail, or the like, carried by any suitable wall structure, or the like.

In other words, the novel supporting container closure cover of the present invention makes it possible to mount a conventional jar, or virtually any type of container having such a container closure cover at the top thereof, on a variety of different types of projections carried by wallmounted pegboard panels, or other wall surfaces so that any desired number of such jars or other containers which are vnormally not capable of being so mounted can readily be hung in any desired position with respect to a wall surface for optimum storage eiciency purposes. It will readily be understood that this makes it possible to have a plurality of nails or other auxiliary laterally projecting support members positioned in any desired vertically and/ or laterally spaced relationship with respect to each other and in any desired number over any desired vertical surface area of a wall, or a panel, for the purpose of making it possible to mount a corresponding number of jars or other types of containers in depending positions under the corresponding nails or other type of auxiliary laterally projecting suppo-rt members.

In a shop the above-mentioned arrangement may provide a very convenient means for storing a variety of small objects, such as different sizes of nuts and bolts, or a great many other parts and/or supplies in a very small and normally unused spacial region along, and closely adjacent to, a vertical wall surface.

On the other hand, the plurality of jars or other containers might be mounted in a similar fashion against a kitchen wall surface, either exterior or interior (such as the inside wall of a kitchen cupboard, cupboard door, or the like), and the containersmay be employed for carrying a variety of different types of spices, condiments, or other cooking accessories, aids, or the like.

The above-mentioned applications merely illustrate a few of the possible uses of the present invention and are not to be construed as in any manner limiting the invention. Actually, the invetnion, broadly speaking, lmay be employed for the purpose of supporting virtually any type of container and virtually any type of container closure ICC cover (or functional equivalent thereto) with respect to virtually any type of auxiliary projecting support member which is adapted to be carried by some other auxiliary support member, such as a wall or the like, and the description which follows hereinafter is to be broadly construed in the light of this statement.

Furthermore, it should be noted that, in those instances where it is desirable to maintain a sealed closure of the open top of the container carrying the container closure cover, this may be achieved by providing the container closure cover with a sealing imperforate inner liner means or member adapted to effectively sealingly separate the interior ofthe container from the opening provided in the top panel portion of the container cl-osure cover by the forming of the upwardly projecting supporting means. In other cases where such sealing is not important, said sealing imperforate inner liner means may be eliminated if desired.

With the above points in mind, it is an object of the present invention to provide a novel container closure cover provided with supporting means formed in a panel portion thereof (usually a top panel portion) and of a nature suchas to be readily cooperable for supported engagement with respect to an auxilary support member such as a laterally projecting pin, hook, nail, or the like.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a novel supporting container closure cover of the character referred to hereinbefore which includes sealing imperforate inner liner means for maintaining an effectively sealed relationship with respect to the hollow interior of a container supported by the container closure cover despite the fact that the supporting means formed out of the top panel portion of the container closure cover effectively perforates same.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a novel supporting container closure cover of the character referred to herein, generically and/or specifically, and including any or all of the features referred to herein, either .individually or in combination, and which is of an extremely simple nature capable of being lformed with an absolute minimum of equipment and cost (either factory formed or hand formed from conventional container closure covers by a user thereof) and which is capable of being produced as referred to above so simply as to be conducive to very widespread use of the invention.

Further objects are implicit in the detailed description which follows hereinafter (which is to be considered as exemplary of, but not specifically limiting, the present invention), and said objects will be apparent to persons skilled in the art after a careful study of the detailed description which follows hereinafter.

For the purpose of clarifying the nature of the present invention, several exemplary embodiments are illustrated in the hereinbelow-described figures of the accompanying single drawing sheet and are described in detail hereinafter.

FIG. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of one exemplary embodiment of the invention comprising one exemplary type of supporting means formed out of the top panel portion of one exemplary type of container closure cover and with a fragmentary portion of one exemplary container shown in engaged depending relationship with respect to said container closure cover.

FIG. 1A is a fragmentary cross-sectional view taken in the direction of the arrows lA-IA of FIG. l and shows just the central part of the top panel portion of the container closure cover and the supporting loop means projecting upwardly therefrom. l

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary, partly-broken-away crosssectional view taken in the direction of the arrows 2-2 of FIG. l.

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view generally similar to FIG. 2, but illustrates the addition thereto of a sealing imperforate inner lining or liner means for closing off the hole produced by the formation of the upwardly convex supporting loop means. This may be included in some, but not necessarily in all, forms of the invention.

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary perspective View generally similar to FIG. 1, but illustrates a modied form of the supporting means.

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating several exemplary different types of supporting means carried by the various different container closure covers and all in supported engagement with respect to corresponding different ones of a plurality of auxiliary laterally projecting support members carried by an auxiliary vertical support panel which might be an auxiliary panel or a portion of a wall.

Generally speaking, one exemplary form of the sup porting container closure cover of the present invention is designated by the reference numeral 11 in FIGS. l, 2, and 5. This exemplary rst type of supporting container closure cover 11 has a substantially at top panel portion 12 and a depending engagement flange 13 of substantially cylindrical configuration which is provided with interiorly threaded container engagement means 14 cooperable for controllable engagement and disengagement with respect to a corresponding threaded engagement portion 15 surrounding and adjacent to an open top end portion 16 of the container 17 which, in the exemplary first form of the invention illustrated, comprises a jar, although not specifically so limited.

It should be noted that the top panel portion 12 of the container closure cover 11 is provided with a forcibly deformed and upwardly extending supporting means, generally indicated at 18, integral therewith and formed of the thin-sheet material (metal in the exemplary iirst form of the invention illustrated) of which the top panel portion and, indeed, the entire container closure cover 11, is made.

The upwardly extending supporting means, indicated generally at 18, is cooperable for supported engagement with respect to any of a variety of dierent types of auxiliary substantially laterally projecting supporting members, such as indicated at 19 in FIG. 5, for example, although not specifically so limited.

It will be understood that when the interiorly threaded portion 14 of the downwardly directed engagement iiange 13 of the container closure cover 11 is threadedly engaged with the corresponding exteriorly threaded portion 15 at the top 16 of the container or jar 17 in the manner clearly shown in FIGS. l, 2, and 5, and when the supporting means 18 is passed over the auxiliary laterally projecting support member 19 as is clearly shown in FIG. 5, each such container or jar 17 will be positively supported immediately in front of an auxiliary vertical support panel or rack such as that indicated fragmentarily at 21 in FIG. 5. This makes it possible to support a plurality of such containers or jars 17 in closely adjacent relationship along the outer surface of the wall or panel 21 in a manner which provides maximum access to each of the containers or jars 17 and yet which positively supports and stores them in a very convenient and normally out-of-the-way manner immediately in front of the panel or wall portion 21.

It should be noted that, in the exemplary first form of the invention illustrated and described above, the upwardly projecting supporting means, generally indicated at 18, comprises an upwardly effectively convex loop means taking the form of a loop member (also designated generally by the reference numeral 1S) formed of the thin-sheet metal material of the thin-sheet panel portion 12 of the container closure cover 11 and having opposite ends 18E integrally connected to said thin-sheet panel portion 12 and having an intermediate projecting portion 181 extending substantially above the level of the remainder of said top panel portion 12 and defining a through-passage 22 extending from one side thereof to the opposite side thereof and having at opposite ends thereof a pair of laterally aligned open access apertures indicated at 22A communicating with said through passage 22.

It will be noted that, in the exemplary first form of the invention illustrated and described, the effectively upwardly convex loop member 18 is of substantially curved configuration as seen inside elevation from a position aligned with the through-passage 22 and the pair of access apertures 22A at opposite ends thereof. This is perhaps best shown in the cross-sectional view comprising FIG. 2. The above arrangement makes it possible for the through passage 22 to receive, by way of the access apertures 22A, the previously mentioned laterally projecting auxiliary supporting member 19, as is shown in FIG. 5, whereby to positively support the container 17 until it is desired to remove same by merely sliding the supporting loop member 18 outwardly along the auxiliary laterally projecting support member or pin 19 until the supporting loop member 18 is disengaged therefrom. Replacement of the container 17 in supported engagement with respect to the laterally projecting support member or pin 19 merely comprises the reverse of the removal operation just described above.

It should be noted that the upwardly convex loop 18 lies substantially on the vertical center of lgravity line of the closure cover or screw-on lid 11 and the underlying jar 17 carried thereby whereby to provide a very firm and stable support for the container .or jar 17 and the lid or closure cover 11 and any contents which may be positioned within the container 17.

FIG. 3 illustrates a very slight modification of the first form of the invention wherein a ,sealing imperf-orate inner lining or liner means 25 effectively seals the .opening provided `by the forming `of the upwardly convex supporting loop means or member which, in this modication, is generally designated by the reference numeral 18. Indeed, because this form ofthe invention comprises a slight modiication, all of the corresponding parts are indicated by similar reference numerals, primed, however.

FIG. 4 illustrates a further modification of the .supporting means in which parts corresponding to the iirst form of the invention are designated by similar reference numerals, doubly primed, however.

In the modification of FIG. 4, it will be noted that the supportin-g means 18 comprises 'an upwardly projecting thin-sheet supporting tab member having an upper free end 23 and a lower connection end 24 integrally `connected with respect to, and formed of, the thin-sheet metal material of the thin-sheet panel portion 12 of the container closure cover indicated Igenerally at 11.

It will also be noted that said upwardly projecting supporting tab means 18 is provided with a through-aperture 22"'which, when the tab is positioned in the upwardly extending relationship shown in phantom in FIG. l, may be said to `comprise a laterally directed aperture or through-passage 22 functionally corresponding to the through-passage 22 of the first `form of the invention shown in FIGS, 1, 1A, and 2 and the through-passage 22 shown in the .second form of the invention illustrated in FIG. 3.

Said l-ateral aperture or through-passage 22 is adapted to engage either a round supporting laterally projecting auxiliary support member such as shown at 19 in FIG. 5 or a non-round or effectively keyed laterally projecting support member which would be similar to the structure shown at 19 in FfIG. 5 except with respect to the nonround cross section thereof. Of course, this would also require that the lateral apert-ure or through-passage 22" of FIG. 4 Ibe made non-round. In fact, it :should `be noted that the lateral aperture or through-passage in `any `of the various for-ms of the invention may ybe made correspondin-gly n-onero-und or effectively keyed for engagement with a corresponding7 non-round or keyed auxiliary support member for providing stability in a plane parallel to the wall or panel 21 illustra-ted in FIG. 5, if desired.

It will be noted that the modified form of the invention sh-own in FIG. 4 is illustrate-d as comprising the supportingcontainer closure covers of the lower row of containers shown fragmentarily in FIG. 5 as being 4carried by corresponding auxiliary laterally projecting support members designated at 19 in FIG. 5.

It should be noted that in all of the various .forms of the invention, the upwardly extending supporting means 18, 18', or 18H lies substantially on the .combined vertical center of Igravity line of the container and container cover, since this provides the most stable type of support thereof which is possible.

It should be noted that lany or al1 of the various features of the invention shown in various of the different specific versi-ons chosen for illustrative and exemplary purposes, may be interchanged `and/or combined -with respect to each other in vari-ous permutations and combinati-ons as desired for particular uses rand needs.

Furthermore, it should be noted that any or all of the various closure covers may Abe effectively sealed from the interiors of the .corresponding containers by merely providing a sealing .imperforate inner lining Ior li-ner means or member, such as is shown at 25 in FIG. 3, positioned immediately below the top panel portion 12 of the container closure cover 11 of FIG. 3 whereby to effectively close off the opening in said t-op panel portion 12 provided by the Ioperation forming the upwardly project-ing supporting loop means 18'.

It should furthe-r be noted that the means for forming any of the various different supporting means, such as shown at 18, 18', and 1S, in the various illustrated exemplary forms of the invention, may take a variety of different forms. For example, punch press means, hydraulic press means, or any suitable pressure-applying means provided with punch and die, or functional equivalents thereof, may be employed for `forming said supporting means, either at the time that the oontainer closure cover is Originally manufactured, or subsequent thereto after the container closure cover h-as been originally manufactured without said .supporting means and has been sold to a prospective user, who may form said supporting means therein just prior to mounting same lon a corresponding auxiliary laterally projecting support member, such as shown `at 19 and/or 19" in FIG. 5. In the latter case, the lforming operation may be accomplished through the use of a novel handoperated Iforming tool of a type such :as is more particularly described, illustrated, and claimed in my cio-pending patent application, Serial No. 380,345, filed on `luly 6, 1964, or various `other means may be ernployed for this purpose.

It should be noted that the upwardly extending supporting means generally designated `at 18, at 18',` and at 18 in the various exemplary forms of the invention Idescribed in detail hereinbefore, is not specifically limited to the exact configurations illustrated in the drawing yand described in detail hereinbefore, which are to be considered as exemplary only lof the broad scope thereof. Actually, any of said supporting means may be modified substantially within the broad scope and teachings of the present invention. For example, the upwardly extending supporting tab 18 shown in FIG. 4 need not have the throu-gh-passage or aperture 22 pierced therethrough in the manner illustrated in FIG. 4 and -described hereinbefore but may merely have the upper `free end 23 thereof bent or otherwise formed into a hook-like structure so as to effec-tively define between various portions thereof I'what might be termed ya yfunctional lthrough-passage capable of receiving a laterally projecting auxiliary supporting member, :such as illustrated at 19 in FIG. 5 or any substantial equivalent thereof. This merely illustra-tes the fact that said supporting means may be modified within the broad scope of the present invention, :and all such modifications which effectively provide a supporting means formed out of the container closure cover and having what might be functionally termed a through-passage, or other functionally equivalent means, for cooperation with an auxiliary supporting member are intended to ybe included and comprehended within the broad scope 4of the present invention.

It :should be understood that the figures and the specific description thereof set forth in this application are for the purpose of illustrating the present invention and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention to the precise and -detailed specific structure shown in the figures and specifically described hereinbefore. Rather, the Ireal invention is intended to include substantially equivalent constructions embodying the basic teachings and inventive concept of the present invention.

I claim:

1. A supporting closure cover for a container, comprising: a container closure cover having a top porti-on of thin-sheet deformable material and having container engagement means cro-operable for engagement with respect to a container, said top portion being provided with a forcibly deforme-d `and upwardly extending supporting means integral therewith and formed of said thin-sheet material of said top portion and cooperable for supported engagement with respect to an .auxiliary substantially horizontally projecting cantilever-mounted supporting member whereby to support the container closure cover and a container adapted to be enga-ged therewi-th and to do so in a controllably removable manner with respect to an auxiliary substantially horizontally projecting cantilever-.mounted supporting member, said upwardly extending supporting means integral with and formed of said thin-sheet material of said top portion of said container closure cover being positioned substantially vertically aligned with the vertical center of gravity line `of said container closure cover and of .a contain-er when engaged therewith and removably supported thereunder, said upwardly extending supporting means having an intermediate projecting portion defining a substantially horizontally directed short through-passage extending from one side thereof to the opposite side thereof, said upwardly exten-ding supporting means being shorter in the substantially horizontal direction of. said through-passage than in a .substantially horizontal direction transverse thereto so as to be capable of being easily threadedly moved onto and off of one end of -an auxiliary substantially horizontally projecting canti lever-mounted supporting member with any tendency toward frictional binding produced by slight misalignment being substantially prevented by reason of the extremely short length of said through-passage.

2. A device as define-d in claim 1, wherein said closure cover is provided with a sealing imperforate means effectively sealingly covering `and closing the opening provided in said top portion of said closure cover by said upwardly projecting engagement means.

3. A device as dened in claim 1, wherein said closure cover is provided with a sealin-g imperforate inner liner means effectively sealingly covering and closing the underside yof the opening provided in said top portion of said closure cover by said upwardly projecting engagement means.

4. A supporting closure .cover for a container, comprising: a container closure cover having a top portion of thin-sheet deformable material and having container engagement means cooperable for engagement with respect to a container, said top portion being provided with a forcibly deformed and upwardly extending supporting means integral therewith and `formed of said thin-sheet material of sai-d t-op portion and icooperable for supported A engagement with respect to an auxiliary substantially horizontally projecting cantilever-mounted supporting member whereby to support the container closure cover and a container adapted to be engaged therewith and to do so in a controllably removable manner with respect to an auxiliary substantially horizontally projecting cantilever-mounted supporting member, said upwardly extending supporting means integral with and formed of said thin-sheet material of said top portion of said container closure cover being positioned substantially vertically aligned with the vertical center of gravity line of said container closure cover and of Ia container when engaged therewith and removably supported thereunder, said upwardly extending supporting means havin-g an intermediat-e projecting portion defining a substantially horizontally directed short throughpassage extending from one side thereof to the opposite side thereof, said -upwardly extending supporting means being shorter in the substantially horizontal direction of said through-passage than in a substantially ho-rizontal direction transverse thereto so as to be capable of being easily threadedly moved onto and off of one end of an auxiliary substantially horizontally projecting cantilevermounted supporting member with any tendency toward frictional binding produced by slight misalignment being s-ubst-antially prevented by reason of the extremely short leng-th of said through-passage; said upwardly extending supporting means comprising one effectively upwardly convex loop means formed of the thin-sheet material of said thin-sheet top portion of said closure cover and having opposite ends integrally connected thereto and having said intermediate projecting portion extending substantially labove the level of the remainder of said top portion and defining said short substantially horizontally directed through-passage extending from one Side thereof to the opposite side thereof and `having at said opposite sides thereof a pair of substantially ho-rizontally aligned open access apertures communicating with said throughpassage.

5. A supporting closure cover `for a container, comprising: a container closure cover having a top portion of thin-sheet deformable 4material and having container engagement means cooper-able for enga-gement with respect to a container, said top portion being provided with a forcibly deformed and upwardly extending supporting means integral therewith and formed of said thin-sheet material o-f said top portion and coopera-ble for supported engagement with respect to an auxiliary substantially horizontally projecting cantilever-mounted supporting member whereby to support the container closure cover and a container adapte-d to be engaged therewith and to do so `in a controllably removable manner with respect to an auxiliary substantially horizontally projecting cantilever-mounted supporting member, said upwardly extending supporting means integral with and formed of said thin-sheet material of said top portion of said container closure cover being positioned substantially vertically aligned with the vertical center of gravity line of said container closure cover and of Ia container when engaged therewith and removably supported thereunder, sai-d upwardly extending supporting means having an inter-mediate projecting portion defining a substantially -horizontally directed short throughpassage extending from one side thereof to the opposite Side thereof, said upwardly extending supporting means being shorter in the substantially horizontal direction of said through-passage than in a substantially lhorizontal direction transverse thereto so as to be capable of being easily threadedly moved onto and off of one end of -an auxiliary substantially horizontally projecting cantilevermounted supporting member with any tendency toward frictional binding produced by slight misali'gnment being substantially prevented by reason of the extremely short leng-th of said through-passage; said upwardly extending supporting means comprising one effectively upwardly convex loop means formed of the thin-sheet material of said thin-sheet top portion of said closure cover and having opposite ends integrally connected thereto and having said intermediate projecting portion extending substantially above the level of the remainder of said top portion and deiining said short substantially horizontally directed through-passage extending from one side thereof to the opposite side thereof and having at said opposite sides thereof -a pair of substantially horizontally aligned open access apertures communicating with said through-passage, said effectively upwardly convex loop means bein-g of substantially curved configuration .as seen in side elevation in alignment with said through-passage and said pair of access apertures.

' 6. A supporting closure cover for a container, comprising: a container closure cover having a 4top portion of thin-sheet deformable material and having container engagement means cooper-able for engagement with 4respe-ct to a container, said top portion bein-g provided with a forcibly deformed and upwardly extending supporting means integral therewith and formed of said thin-sheet material of said top portion and .cooperable for supported engagement with respect to an auxiliary substantially horizontally projecting cantilever-mounted supporting member whereby to support the container closure cover and a container adapted to be engaged therewith and to do so in a controllably removable `manner with respect to an auxiliary substantially horizontally projecting cantilever-mounted supporting member, said vupwardly extending supporting means integral with and formed of said thin-sheet material of said top portion of said container closure cover being positioned substantially vertically aligned with the vertical center of gravity line of said container closure cover and of Ia container when engaged therewith and removably supported thereunder, said upwardly extending supporting means having an intermediate projecting portion defining a Isubstantially horizontally directed short throughpassage extending from one side thereof to the opposite Side thereof, said upwardly extending supporting means being shorter in the substantially horizontal direction of said through-passage than in a substantially horizontal direction transverse thereto so as to be capable of -being easily threadedly moved onto and olf of one end of an auxiliary substantially horizontally projecting cantilevermounted supporting member with any tendency toward frictional binding produced by slight misalignment being substantially prevented by reason of the extremely short length of said through-passage; said upwardly extending supporting means comprising an upwardly projecting thinsheet supporting ta-b member havin-g Aan upper free end and a lower connection end integrally connected with respect to and formed 4of the thin-sheet material of said thin-sheet top portion of said closu-re cover, said upwardly projecting tab being provided with 'means effectively defining said substantially horizontally directed throughpassage.

7. A supporting closure cover `for a container, comprising: a container closure cover having a top portion of thin-sheet `deformable material and having container engagement means cooper-able for engagement with respect to a container, said top portion being provided with a forcibly deformed and upwardly extending supporting means integral therewith and formed of said thin-sheet material of said top portion and coopera-ble for supported engagement with respect to an auxiliary substantially horizontally projecting cantilever-mounted supporting member whereby to support the container closure cover and a container adapte-d to be engaged therewith and to do so in a controllably removable manner with respect to an auxiliary substantially horizontally projecting cantilever-mounted supporting member, said upwardly extending supporting means integral with and formed of said thin-sheet material of said top portion of said container closure cover bein-g positioned substantially vertitcally aligned with the vertical center of gravity line of said container closure cover and of ya container when engaged therewith and removably supported thereunder, sai-d upwardly extending support- 9 ing means having an intermediate projecting portion dening a substantially horizontally Idire-cted short throughpassage extending from one side thereof to the opposite side thereof, said upwardly extending supporting means being shorter in the substantially horizontal direction of said through-passage than in a substantially horizontal direc-tion transverse thereto so as to be capable of being easily threadedly -move-d onto and off of `one end tof 4an auxiliary substantially horizontally projecting cantilevermounted supporting member with any tendency toward rictional lbinding produced by slight misalignment being substantially prevented by reason of the extremely short length of said through-passage; said upwardly extending supporting means comprising an upwardly projecting thin sheet supporting tab .member having :an upper free end and a lower connection end integrally connected with respect to and .formed of the thin-sheet material of said top portion of said closure oover, said upwardly projecting tab member bein-g provided with a substantially horizontally `direoted Vaperture effectively comprising said Lsubstan- 2 tially horizontally directed through-passage.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 8/1904 Graham 21S-43 6/1936 Ort 206-31 7/ 1937 Hothersall.

10/1940` Davis 215-`100 r6/ 1951 Shapiro 211-75 4/ 1953 Fredrickson.

3/1962 Budreck 215-100 FOREIGN PATENTS 7/ 1932 Germany. 9/ 1956 Great Britain. 9/1953 Norway.

GEORGE O. RALSTON, Primary Examiner.

JOSEPH R. LECLAIR, Examiner.

D. F. NORTON, Assistant Examiner. 

1. A SUPPORTING CLOSURE COVER FOR A CONTAINER, COMPRISING: A CONTAINER CLOSURE COVER HAVING A TOP PORTION OF THIN-SHEET DEFORMABLE MATERIAL AND HAVING CONTAINER ENGAGEMENT MEANS COOPERABLE FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO A CONTAINER, SAID TOP PORTION BEING PROVIDED WITH A FORCIBLY DEFORMED AND UPWARDLY EXTENDING SUPPORTING MEANS INTEGRAL THEREWITH AND FORMED OF SAID THIN-SHEET MATERIAL OF SAID TOP PORTION AND COOPERABLE FOR SUPPORTED ENGAGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO AN AUXILIARY SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY PROJECTING CANTILEVER-MOUNTED SUPPORTING MEMBER WHEREBY TO SUPPORT THE CONTAINER CLOSURE COVER AND A CONTAINER ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED THEREWITH AND TO DO SO IN A CONTROLLABLY REMOVABLE MANNER WITH RESPECT TO AN AUXILIARY SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY PROJECTING CANTILEVER-MOUNTED SUPPORTING MEMBER, SAID UPWARDLY EXTENDING SUPPORTING MEANS INTEGRAL WITH AND FORMED OF SAID THIN-SHEET MATERIAL OF SAID TOP PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER CLOSURE COVER BEING POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY ALIGNED WITH THE VERTICAL CENTER OF GRAVITY LINE OF SAID CONTAINER CLOSURE COVER AND OF A CONTAINER WHEN ENGAGED THEREWITH AND REMOVABLY SUPPORTED THEREUNDER, SAID UPWARDLY EXTENDING SUPPORTING MEANS HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE PROJECTING PORTION DEFINING A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY DIRECTED SHORT THROUGH-PASSAGE EXTENDING FROM ONE SIDE THEREOF TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE THEREOF, SAID UPWARDLY EXTENDING SUPPORTING MEANS BEING SHORTER IN THE SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL DIRECTION OF SAID THROUGH-PASSAGE THAN IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL DIRECTION TRANSVERSE THERETO SO AS TO BE CAPABLE OF BEING EASILY THREADEDLY MOVED ONTO AND OFF OF ONE END OF AN AUXILIARY SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY PROJECTING CANTILEVER-MOUNTED SUPPORTING MEMBER WITH ANY TENDENCY TOWARD FRICTIONAL BINDING PRODUCED BY SLIGHT MISALIGNMENT BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PREVENTED BY REASON OF THE EXTREMELY SHORT LENGTH OF SAID THROUGH-PASSAGE. 